The nurse is reviewing the medical record of a woman in labor and notes that the fetal position is documented as LSA.
The nurse interprets this information as indicating which part as the presenting part?.

A client is diagnosed with gestational hypertension and is receiving magnesium sulfate.
The nurse determines that the medication is at a therapeutic level based on which finding?.

A nurse is providing care to a woman in labor.

After the assessment of the fetus, the nurse documents the fetal lie.

Which term would the nurse use?

A nurse is providing care to a client in labor.

A pelvic exam reveals a vertex presentation with the presenting part tilted toward the left side of the mother's pelvis and directed toward the anterior portion of the pelvis.

When developing this client's plan of care, which intervention would the nurse include?

When preparing a woman for an amniocentesis, the nurse would instruct her to perform which action?.

When assessing a woman at follow-up prenatal visits, the nurse would anticipate which procedure to be performed?.

A nurse is assessing a woman in labor.
Which finding would the nurse identify as a cause for concern during a contraction?.

A woman's amniotic fluid is noted to be cloudy.
The nurse interprets this finding as:.

A client has just given birth to a healthy baby boy, but the placenta has not yet delivered.
What stage of labor does this scenario represent?.

During a follow-up prenatal visit, a pregnant woman asks the nurse, "How long do you think I will be in labor?" Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?.

In a client's seventh month of pregnancy, she reports feeling "dizzy, like I'm going to pass out when I lie down flat on my back.”. The nurse explains that this is due to:.